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identification of an individual exhibiting chronic stress from flexing and bending when lifting
and carrying objects makes us wonder. These types of activities are not typical for cattlekeepers.
Perhaps this person took part, willingly or not, in the erection of the megaliths in the
Ceremonial Center not far from his village.
The communities using the cemeteries described above were almost the last dwellers
of the dying savanna, which is today’s desert. The worsening drought soon forced them to
migrate toward the Nile Valley, where they undoubtedly brought their culture, organizational
system and beliefs contributing to the birth of ancient Egyptian civilization.
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